“At first Omaree's stepdad told police he wasn't home when the boy died. Later investigators discovered that that was a lie. At the very least he heard the deadly beating allegedly inflicted by the mother,” she said.

A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Detention Center said Casaus is now segregated from other inmates because of the high-profile case and the charges against him.

Wednesday CNN used airtime to address the Varela case involving Casaus and his stepson. The child died months after someone made a 911 call on an open line. An autopsy shows Varela was shoved, kicked and stomped to death.

The boy’s mother is charged with his death.

Police believe Casaus was home when it happened.

It’s a case that has become familiar to New Mexico residents since the boy’s December death.

Now the nation is learning about it, too, as CNN allocated significant air time to the case for the second time in recent weeks.

Casaus was recently arrested and allegedly had meth on him, along with a gun and $17,000. Thursday he was back in court. For the second time this week he faced a judge, this time on charges of trafficking meth and a felon in possession of a firearm.

A criminal complaint shows Casaus’ daughter led undercover cops to him when she arranged a drug transaction.

Also this week a grand jury indicted him for a 2012 drug case.

His legal problems aren’t close to being over, however.

The district attorney said she’s looking at the Varela case to see if Casaus will face charges stemming from it. She said some action will be taken in the case by the end of the month.

In the meantime Varela’s mother, Synthia Varela-Casaus, is still in jail. There was supposed to be a pretrial hearing for her Friday, but it was rescheduled for a later date.

THE OMAREE VARELA CASE CONTINUES TO BE A HOT TOPIC ON CABLE TALK SHOWS. TONIGHT, H.L.N.'S JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL HAD HARSH WORDS FOR OMAREE'S STEPFATHER, STEVE CASAUS. at first omaree's stepdad told police he wasn't home when the boy died. Later investigators discovered that that was a lie. At the very least he heard the deadly beating. Allegedly inflicted by the mother. CASAUS WAS ALREADY A FAMILIAR FACE ON NEW MEXICO TELEVISION BEFORE HE AND THE OMAREE VARELA CASE, BEGAN MAKING NATIONAL HEADLINES. IN ADDITION TO HEADLINE NEWS, C-N-N HAS FEATURED THE STORY TWICE IN RECENT WEEKS. AND OUR CAMERAS WERE THERE WHEN STEVE CASAUS WAS IN COURT, AGAIN TODAY. HERE'S TARGET 7 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER NANCY LAFLIN. A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER SAYS OMAREE VARELA'S STEP-FATHER... STEVE CASUAS... IS NOW SEGREGATED FROM OTHER INMATES BECAUSE OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM... AND BECAUSE OF HIS PROFILE STATUS. THESE DAYS... HE IS VERY HIGH PROFILE ... WHETHER HE WANTS TO BE OR NOT. "Why don't you want to try... I don't understand... I'm never gong to hurt you! Neither is mom." STEVE CASAUS HEARD... AND SEEN ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. WEDNESDAY NIGHT ... CNN AIRING THE CASE INVOLVING CASAUS ... AND HIS STEP-SON ... 9-YEAR OLD OMAREE VARELA. AS TARGET 7 UNCOVERED... THE CHILD DIED MONTHS AFTER SOMEONE MADE A 911 CALL ON AN OPEN LINE. AN AUTOPSY SHOWS OMAREE VARELA WAS SHOVED, KICKED AND STOMPED TO DEATH. HIS MOTHER... CHARGED WITH THE CRIME. POLICE BELIEVE STEVE CASUAS WAS HOME WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT IS A CASE THAT HAS BECOME VERY FAMILIAR TO NEW MEXICO SINCE OMAREE'S DEATH LAST DECEMBER. THE STORY... THE CHILD... THE PEOPLE... INCLUDING HIM... STEVE CASAUS. NOW, THE NATION IS LEARNING ABOUT IT TOO. IT IS THE SECOND TIME IN RECENT WEEKS ... CNN HAS DEDICATED AN A HUGE AMOUNT OF AIR TIME TO THE CASE. "This guy was just arrested and he had allegedly meth on him. And a gun and 17 thousand dollars cash." AND AND THURSDAY THAT GUY WAS BACK IN COURT. BACK IN TROUBLE. FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK..STEVE CASAUS FACED A JUDGE. THIS TIME ON CHARGES OF TRAFFICKING METH, AND A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. ALSO THIS WEEK: TARGET 7 LEARNED A GRAND JURY INDICTED HIM FOR A 2012 DRUG CASE. HIS LEGAL TROUBLES ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING OVER. FOR WEEKS... WE HAVE BEEN ASKING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IF CASAUS WILL FACE CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH OMAREE'S DEATH. FOR WEEKS... SHE SAYS... SHE'S BEEN LOOKING AT THE CASE. NOW, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS WE SHOULD EXPECT SOME ACTION ON THE CASE BY THE END OF THE MONTH. MEANTIME... OMAREE VARELA'S MOTHER ... SYNTHIA VARELA CASAUS... IS STILL IN JAIL. THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PRE-TRIAL HEARING FOR HER FRIDAY... BUT IT WAS JUST RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE. FOR TARGET 7 I'M NANCY LAFLIN. THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SHOWS CASAUS'S DAUGHTER ACTUALLY LED UNCOVER COPS TO HIM, WHEN SHE ARRANGED A DRUG BUY.